Abigail [Allen] Ellery

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Abigail Allin 1 June 1696–19 August 1798 (Age 102) Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Abigail

When Abigail Allin was born on 1 June 1696, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Joseph Allen, was 18 and her mother, Abigail Hill, was 25. She married Captain William Ellery the 3rd on 1 October 1739, in Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1696. She died on 19 August 1798, in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 102.

Spouse and Children

Captain William Ellery the 3rd Male 1693–1771

•  Male

Abigail Allin Female 1696–1798

•  Female

Marriage 1 October 1739 Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America

Children (8)

Joseph Allen Ellery Male 1740–Deceased

•  Male

Abigail Ellery Female 1743–1743

•  Female

Benjamin Ellery Male 1744–1825

•  Male

Abigail Ellery Female 1745–1792

•  Female

Lucy Ellery Female 1747–1783

•  Female

+3 More Children

Sources (3)

Abigail Allin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Abigail Allin, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Abigail Foster, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Parents and Siblings

Joseph Allen Male 1678–1740

•  Male

Abigail Hill Female 1670–1749

•  Female

Siblings (12)

Abigail Allin Female 1696–1798

•  Female

Joseph Allen Jr. Male 1697–Deceased

•  Male

Benjamin Allen Male 1699–1755

•  Male

John Allen Male 1701–Deceased

•  Male

John Allen Male 1703–1703

•  Male

+7 More Children

Name Meaning

Allin

Abigail

1 English (Devon): either a variant spelling of Allen or from a derivative of the Norman female name Adelina, based on Germanic adal ‘noble’.2 Swedish: variant spelling of Ahlin .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names Allen Ahlin Activities

Family Time Line

Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

1680 1700 1720 1740 1760 1780 1800 1820 1840 1860

Captain William Ellery the 3rd

1693–1771 Abigail Allin

1696–1798 Marriage: 1 October 1739

Joseph Allen Ellery

1740–Deceased Abigail Ellery

1743–1743 Benjamin Ellery

1744–1825 Abigail Ellery

1745–1792 Lucy Ellery

1747–1783 Susanna Ellery

1750–1794 Anne Ellery

1752–Deceased John Ellery

1757–Deceased

World Events (5)

1727 · Crowninshield-Bentley House Built Age 31

The Crowninshield-Bentley house was built in 1727 by ship captain John Caspar Crowninshield. His family occupied the house for generations until it was taken over by Revend Bentley. 1760 · Salem Social Library Organized

Age 64 The Salem Social Library was organized on May 20, 1761. It was a privately funded library in Salem, Massachusetts. Most of the volumes in the library were gifts from people. 1762 · Derby Wharf

Age 66 Derby Wharf was built by the Derby family 1762. It is the longest Wharf in Salem stretching to half- mile in length.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hill-12131

Abigail (Hill) Allen (1670 - aft. 1740)

Abigail Allen formerly Hill

Born 21 Sep 1670 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Daughter of Zebulon Hill and Elizabeth (Dyke) Hill

Sister of Zebulon Hill Jr., John Hill, Johanna (Hill) Ashby, Philip Hill, Elizabeth (Hill) Marston, Mary Hill, Sarah (Hill) Morgan and Benjamin Hill

Wife of Joseph Allen — married 10 Apr 1695 [location unknown]

Mother of Joseph Allen and Abigail (Allen) Archer

Died after 13 May 1740 in Salem, Essex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 29 Jan 2021 | Created 13 Aug 2014

Disputed relations/errors in print: In 1924, John Kermott Allen wrote and distributed a genealogy about George Allen of Weymouth ... Massachusetts. In profiling Ebenezer (14) Allen, the author reported his wife as, "Abigail Hill, daughter of Zebulon Hill of Gloucester."[1]

An overview of the apparent oversight in this reporting has been posted to G2G as, "Correcting errors in print about Abigail Hill, daughter of Zebulon Hill of Salem."

Biography

Abigail, the daughter of Zebulon Hill and Elizabeth (Dyke) Hill, was born in Salem, Massachusetts on 21: 7m: 1670, [2] which translates to September 21, 1670 in the new style calendar.

Abigail died sometime after May 13, 1740, based on a document that she signed on that date. See Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1881.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives.) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB515/i/13744/463-co4/30029119

Research Notes

"Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840," database and digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (accessed 2013), entry for Zebulon Hill, file 13310 (7 pp.); 1699[/1700]; in particular, indexed page "13310-2." Will mentions Philip Hill. son; Elizabeth Marston, daughter; Abigail Allen, daughter; Sarah Morgan, daughter; Benjamin Ashby, grandchild; Elizabeth Ashby, grandchild; John Hill of Beverly, brother. He writes further, "... my will is that what was willed by my son Zebulon Hill to his Brothers and Sisters shall be in according to Said Will divided amongst ..." Witnesses to the will were Robert Hale, Abigail Hill, ?Abigail Grover. ["Essex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1638-1840" is one of the free collections available at AmericanAncestors.org.] Philip Hill &c to Abigail Hill (1708), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-36328-567-23?cc=21064... : accessed 11 Oct 2013), Essex > Deeds 1713-1716 vol 28-29 > image 49 of 600, for Philip Hill &c to Abigail Hill [Essex County (Mass) Deeds, 28:43]. Specifies this is "Articles of Agreement made & agreed upon & confirmed" the [24 May 1708] between "Abigail Relict widow of John Hill late of Beverly .. Cooper, Decd, & administratrix to ...sd John Hills Estate on ye one party" and particular relatives of John Hill as the other party listed as "Philip Hill of Salem …, Cooper"; "Joseph Allen with Abigail his wife, Neice to ye Deceased John Hill"; "Elizabeth ___ Widow of William Marston, late of said Salem, Mariner Dec'd & Neice also to sd John Hill"; and "Joseph Morgan, Junr of Beverley aforesd, Taylor, with Sarah his wife Neice also to ye sd Deceased John Hill." The relations so listed "renounce ... and forEver Quit Claim unto Abigail Hill ... all of sd. Deceased John Hill's Estate ..." [Separately, by the will of Zebulon Hill (1699), Philip Hill, Abigail (Hill) Allen, Elizabeth (Hill) Marston and Sarah (Hill) Morgan are known the surviving children of Zebulon Hill.] Joseph Allen & Others to Barnabas Raymond, deed (1728/29), "Massachusetts, Land Records, 1620-1986," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1961-36329-9396-18?cc=2106... : accessed 11 Oct 2013), Essex > Deeds 1734-1736 vol 68-70 > image 692 of 891, for Joseph Allen & others to Barnabas Raymond [Essex County (Mass) Deeds, 70:86]. Sale is 1/2 common right of property that "belongs to us descending from our hon'd father Zebulon Hill late of ye town of Salem aforesd, Dec'd..." Grantors as Joseph Allen, joiner, and wife Abigail [aka Abigail Hill], and Elizabeth Marston [aka Elizabeth Hill], all of Salem, and Joseph Morgan, taylor, and Sarah [aka Sarah Hill] his wife of Beverly. Witnesses were Jonathan Raymond and Zebulon Allen. Dean Crawford Smith, The Ancestry of Samuel Blanchard Ordway, 1744-1916, Melinde Lutz Sanborn, ed. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1990), pp. 331-338, Hill family; in particular, p. 332 for Zebulon Hill (b. bef 1629), as son of ___ Hill, and family of Zebulon Hill. Sources

↑ John Kermott Allen, "George Allen of Weymouth, Mass., 1635, of Lynn, Mass., 1636, and of Sandwich, Mass., 1637-68 : together with some of his descendants …," 72; viewed via FamilySearch Catalog (accessed 2014), for entry Ebenezer (14) Allen. ↑ Vital Records of Salem, Massachusetts to the End of the Year 1849. Volume I -- Births. The Essex Institute, 1916. p. 431. (References "court records, Essex Co. Quarterly Court"). Link to page at archive.org.